{"product_id":"9781933517759","title":"The Inside of an Apple","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"If you take a broad squint at our nation's new poets you can find two general strategies: poets who are carrying the torch, and poets who are using it to start fires. And then we have Joshua Beckman. He seems to be doing everything.\"—Daniel Handler, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beckman . . . does the incredible work of writing poems full of desire, for a world in the midst of radical upheaval.\"— \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review for \u003ci\u003eTake It\u003c\/i\u003e )\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoshua Beckman is at his most immediate, attentive, and available in \u003ci\u003eThe Inside of an Apple\u003c\/i\u003e . Beckman's latest collection of sincere, spare poems invites the reader to experience a revelation of consciousness and a generosity of spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eLet my still dark soul\u003cbr\u003ebe music. A made whistle\u003cbr\u003efloating out a window\u003cbr\u003earranged.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome little thing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efell and I picked it up\u003cbr\u003eand up it kept on going.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight dead stars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emake a sickle,\u003cbr\u003eand the earth\u003cbr\u003eis covered in grass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoshua Beckman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine books, including collections of poetry, translations, and collaborations. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a NYFA fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. He lives in Seattle and New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061405827312,"sku":"9781933517759","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781933517759_p0.jpg?v=1763641037","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781933517759","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}